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South Lanarkshire College | Strategic Framework

This framework has been equality impact assessed and evaluated as positive in helping us deliver our public sector duties.

Outstanding People

Delivering Excellence | 3

IN PEOPLE IT'S OUR OUTSTANDING PEOPLE WHO MAKE SOUTH LANARKSHIRE COLLEGE SUCH A SUCCESSFUL, STUDENT-CENTRED ORGANISATION

Platinum

2010 the first college in the UK to be awarded Investors in People at Gold Level

2016 the only college in the UK to achieve Investors in People at the new Platinum level

2019 the only college in the UK to have been awarded Investors in People, at Platinum level, twice in successionThe Investors in People Platinum award recognises our staff for their skills, passion, enthusiasm, focus on successful students and clear grasp of what makes our College outstanding.

Investors

“High levels of achievement have resulted from the efforts of all.”Investors in People Assessment 2019

“Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” P. Drucker

Students

71% travel from within South Lanarkshire

82% travel from within the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) region of Lanarkshire

11% Travel from Glasgow

7% Travel from other areas

female52%

male48%

students5,000

50 Nationalities84% White Scottish 3.7% African, Arab, Asian, Bangladeshi, Chinese, Indian, Pakistani3% RUK1.7% Polish52% Under 25 years of age13% 23-30 years of age 35% Over 30 years of age54% No declared belief1% Buddhist, Sikh, Hindu1.7% Muslim35% Christian4% Students receiving additional support


41% of full-time students live in the most deprived 20% SIMD postcode datazones

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studentsSouth Lanarkshire College

“Students are partners in learning.”

We are a

and inclusiveDIVERSE

of peopleCOMMUNITY

SHOUT3

South Lanarkshire College Things to Shout About

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Best attainment rates for care-experienced students in 2018

Best attainment rates for learners with disabilities in 2018

High levels of students going to jobs and other positive destinations

Leader in Diversity

Investors in People at Platinum level

times Green Gown

Awards winner

studentattainmentHIGH

RATES

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satisfied students98%

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world..”

Nelson Mandela

carbon footprint reduction

51%

Excellent Education Scotland report published 2019

The UK’s first BREEAM (2014) Outstanding building

Largest solar panel array in East Kilbride

UKVI Tier 4 licensed sponsor

40% expansion over the past six years

Significant curriculum and campus development

Employment-focused courses

South Lanarkshire College | A Growing Community Campus

All our buildings are fitted with micro-renewables, including ground source heat pumps, air source heat pumps and solar panels, to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels by producing electrical or heat energy on campus.

of our

buildings are bespoke, award-winning low-energy, low-carbon buildings.

TWO

THREE Between2019 2020

we’ll have made an INVESTMENT of£1.5millionin improving the infrastructure in our college. We're providing students and staff with the most up-to-date digital learning resources available; improving the quality of materials and equipment; replacing inefficient equipment with low-energy approaches; improving social space; updating heating systems; ensuring our students’ learning environments and our staff workspaces are all of the highest quality.

Our newest teaching accommodation is groundbreaking for its environmental credentials. It's the UK's first ‘Outstanding’ BREEAM rated (2014) building for low-energy, low-carbon construction and operation.

“It shouldn’t be a lottery of what you study and where that dictates whether you learn about sustainability and how you can make a difference–climate change and global issues will affect everyone.”

National Union of Students


Our campus is in East Kilbride,the sixth

LARGEST

GROWINGCOMMUNITY

conurbation in Scotland and a


“Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny.”

Mahatma Gandhi

South Lanarkshire College | Our Values and Culture Mission


MISSIONVALUES AND CULTURE


INCLUSIVE AND DIVERSE“equality is more than a goal in itself, it is a pre-condition…” Kofi Annan

PASSIONATE ABOUT OUR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

“nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.” Christian Friedrich Hebbel

CONTINUALLY IMPROVING“there is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving and that is yourself.” Aldus Huxley

HIGH ACHIEVING“achievement is the knowledge that you have studied and worked hard and done the best that is in you. Success is being praised by others. That is nice, but not as important or satisfying. Always aim for achievement…” Helen Hayes

We are:REDUCING OUR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

“the greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.” Robert Swan, the first person to walk to both poles

DELIVERING COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL VALUE

“in communities where people build ships for their children to fish from, quality is never a problem.” J. A. Dever

COMMITTED TO HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELLBEING

“the greatest wealth is health.” Virgil

CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE“the future belongs to people who see possibilities before they become obvious.” Theodore Levitt

A LISTENING ORGANISATION“learn to listen then listen to learn.” Ian Usher

Preparing learners well for their future, in an outstanding learning environment and inclusive community.

VISIONOur

2HIGHEST-QUALITY EDUCATION AND SUPPORT

is to be Scotland’sLEADING

COLLEGE:

“Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.”

Pele


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OUR HISTORYWORLD EVENTS SLC EVENTS

Cambuslang College is established originally as The School of Building

All colleges in Scotland become “incorporated”

Cambuslang College changes to South Lanarkshire College

Turf cutting on the new college campus in East Kilbride

Excellent HMIE report: first college to have learning and teaching graded "Very Good" in every curriculum area

Relocation from three old campuses to new state-of-the-art campus at College Way, East Kilbride

Her Royal Highness, Princess Anne, opens the new college campus

The largest solar panel array in East Kilbride is installed at the College

Excellent Education Scotland Report the best in Scotland

Investors in People at Platinum level. Opening of our revolutionary new teaching building constructed to the highest environmental standards

The Allers Campus opens, representing a further expanding curriculum

The Village campus in East Kilbride is added

The Land Rover is launched at the Amsterdam Motor Show on 30th

April, 1948

Interest rates lowered to 6%, the lowest since 1978

The Scottish Parliament meets for the first time

The Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change is released

Basic rate income tax reduced from 22p to 20p

Team GB win 19 gold, 13 silver and 15 bronze medals in Beijing

Whitelee wind farm, the largest in Europe, opens

The date for the Scottish independence referendum

announced as September 2014

Strathaven railway celebrates 70 years of success

UK votes to leave the European Union

The first UK mobile telephone call

World's population 4.72 billion (by 2019 this was 7.7 billion). The College

has grown in the same proportion

1SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS

3SUSTAINABLE BEHAVIOURS

We're an outcome-focused, people-centred organisation

ELEMENTSEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY

EQUITY OF OUTCOMES

LEARNERS ACHIEVING TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITY

SKILLED AND KNOWLEDGEABLE STAFF

HIGH STUDENT ATTAINMENT RATES

HIGH POST-COURSE SUCCESS RATES

HIGH STUDENT SATISFACTION RATES

ELEMENTS EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT

EXCELLENT GOVERNANCE

CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT

ENVIRONMENTALLY-SUSTAINABLE BEHAVIOURS

FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY

APPROPRIATE RISK MANAGEMENT

Our curriculum is well-designed, employment- focused and influenced by local and national policy

ELEMENTS HIGH-QUALITY WORKING AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

RESPONSIVE CURRICULUM ALIGNED TO CURRENT AND FUTURE EMPLOYER REQUIREMENTS

VALUED AND ENTHUSIASTIC STAFF

HIGH-QUALITY LEARNING AND TEACHING

HIGH-QUALITY SUPPORT SERVICES

INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS

PRODUCTIVE PARTNERSHIPS

“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.”

W.B. Yeats

We don’t inherit the earth from our ancestors: we borrow it from our childrenStrategic priority 1

Strategic priority 2

Strategic priority 3

delivering excellence

South Lanarkshire College | Partnerships and Initiatives Memberships and Networks


We work with local organisations and charities to improve prospects for people in our local communities. We involve over 1,600 employers in work placements, apprenticeship training and input to course design.

Where possible we engage with employers to provide successful students with guaranteed interviews at the end of their courses.

We’re active members of the Energy Skills Partnership (ESP), Environmental Association of Universities and Colleges (EAUC), Higher Education and Further Education Shared Technology and Information Services (HEFESTIS), Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges (APUC) and other cross-sector bodies and groups. We’re validated by the General Teaching Council of Scotland (GTCS) for professional update of lecturing staff.

We continue to be a UKVI Tier 4 sponsor to enable us to deliver education and training to students from across the world, and we aim to continue to participate actively in the European-funded Erasmus+ projects for as long as that funding is available and helpful to students and staff.

Our staff work productively in key

andwith a host of

organisations including

PARTNERSHIPSINITIATIVES

“South Lanarkshire College is a successful and well-run institution.”

SFC

Sector-wide memberships and networks help us to be efficient and effective by drawing on specific expertise and, through sharing best practice.

Scottish Funding Council (SFC)

South Lanarkshire Council

East Kilbride Task Force

Skills Development Scotland (SDS)

Universities

Colleges

Student Awards Agency Scotland (SAAS)

Managing Agents

CITB

SNIPEF

General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS)

Community Planning Partnerships

East Renfrewshire Council

UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI)

Glasgow City Region

Employers

Sector skills bodies

Other employer bodies across all key subject areas

South Lanarkshire College | Funding Wider Success

FUNDINGScottish Government

is disbursed by the Scottish Funding Council through the Lanarkshire Board to South Lanarkshire College

Considerable European funding has also enabled us to improve our campus, directly support over 400 students per year to achieve qualifications and support a broader curriculum. This includes ERDF funds for capital projects, "Developing Scotland's Workforce" phase 2 and Erasmus+ funds for staff and student mobility.

All funding, apart from SFC funding, comes directly from funders to South Lanarkshire College for the delivery of specific outcomes and activities.

South Lanarkshire College and New College Lanarkshire have in place a joint Memorandum of Understanding, acknowledging the working relationships which support the delivery of cross-regional outcomes, from SFC funding.


Scottish Government

Scottish Funding Council key objectives

Glasgow City Region Skills Investment Plan

Lanarkshire regional outcomes

South Lanarkshire Council’s purpose and priorities

Scottish Government Enterprise and Skills Strategic Board’s outcomes

Skills Development Scotland’s vision and purpose

East Renfrewshire Council strategic outcomes

By continuing to deliver positive outcomes, supported by robust financial plans, we’ll contribute to

and the aims and objectives of partners and funders in our local community and beyond:

WIDERSUCCESS

“Impressive student outcomes, positive student destinations, outstanding value for money, excellent quality culture and leadership.”


South Lanarkshire College | Performance Measures Board of Management

PERFORMANCEMEASURESKey

We’ll measure success using quantitative and qualitative information benchmarked with comparative data, where available:

Successful studentsAttainment rates; students progressing to employment; students progressing to further study at college or university; students progressing to other positive destinations.

Highest-quality education and supportStudent feedback; proportion of staff with teaching qualification; retention of Investors in People award; Leader in Diversity; contribution to overarching regional targets; Education Scotland feedback.

Sustainable behavioursNUS responsible futures; reduction in carbon footprint; contribution to UN sustainable development goals; balanced budget; achievement of annual credit target; retain investors in people at platinum.

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“If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.”

Henry Ford

Baseline dataBaseline data is published in our 2018 Annual report.

We plan to: have high levels of performance across all our activities; maintain performance where it's already high and make changes where possible to improve performance. Our Board of Management

ensures sound governance and has a key role in setting our strategic direction.

Our BOARD has a gender balance of

40% male, 60% female

Our Board owns the College's assets, estate and employs all our staff.

“there are robust governance and oversight arrangements in place at the College.”

SFC


Our Board will annually review delivery of our Strategic Priorities and key performance measures.

The review will be published in our Annual Report, available from our website and in alternative formats, by request.

We’re an independent Registered Charity and a major player in relation to public sector duties under the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009.

female60%

male40%


The consultees in the preparation of this strategic plan included:• South Lanarkshire College Student Association • South Lanarkshire College staff• Councillors (local)• East Renfrewshire Council• Educational Institute for Scotland – local branch• Employers• Energy Skills Partnership• Environmental Association of Universities and Colleges• General Teaching Council for Scotland • Lanarkshire Region Strategic Body• Members of the Scottish Parliament (local)• National Union of Students• School headteachers (local) • Scottish Funding Council• Scottish Government• Scottish Qualifications Authority• South Lanarkshire Council• Unison – local branch


South Lanarkshire College | Reference Point Consultation

Our strategic framework is a Near the beginning of our strategic framework we used the quote from P Drucker “Culture eats strategy for breakfast”. We believe strongly that the culture and values of an organisation are key to the delivery of a clear strategy and successful outcomes. Through consultation, our Board, students and staff provided valuable input to the development of this framework, its associated strategies, policies and plans.

We're also indebted to the many individuals and organisations who gave insightful and helpful responses. We were inspired by ideas shared with us. We’re grateful for the engaging and encouraging discussions that led to the development of this document and we’d like to acknowledge the extremely helpful contributions and support. As always, we still welcome feedback in order that we can make things even better the next time!

for our annual operational plans, policies, procedures, key committees and working groups of staff and students

“Plans are established by seeking advice".” Proverbs 20:18

REFERENCE POINT

WHERE TO FIND US

South Lanarkshire CollegeCollege WayEast Kilbride, G75 0NET: 01355 807780

www.slc.ac.uk

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